Experimental and kinetic study on ignition delay times of methane/hydrogen/oxygen/nitrogen mixtures by shock tube

This study aims (1) to analyze the performances among regencies/ cities in Jambi Province, and (2) to categorize the regencies/ cities in Jambi Province based on economic, human resources, and infrastructure development performances. Datas used in this study are secondary data of 2009-2012 from Statistics Indonesia, consists of eight component indicators to assess the performance of economic development, the five component indicators to assess the performance of the components of human resources development, and eight component indicators to assess the performance of infrastructure development. The analytical method used to achieve the objectives of the first research purposes is principal component analysis (PCA) which followed by factor analysis and to achieve the third purpose is cluster analysis. The results showed that (1) Jambi City is ranked first in the overall development performance, followed by of Tanjab Barat and Batang Hari Regencies, (2) four clusters of regencies/ cities in Jambi Province are formed based on the performance of development, namely: cluster I (Kerinci, Merangin, and Tebo Regencies) have lower performance of regional development, cluster II (Tanjab Timur Regency) has average to high performance of regional development, cluster III (Sarolangun, Batang Hari, Muaro Jambi, Tanjab Barat, Bungo Regencies, and Sungai Penuh City) have average performance of regional development, and cluster IV (Jambi City) has high performance of regional development

Envelopes for connected operation of the deepwater drilling riser

The common critical criterion and nonlinear search method were adopted for the study of connected operation envelopes of deepwater drilling riser and a riser-wellhead-conductor integral finite element model was established. The combination parameters of drilling platform offset, current speed and slip joint stroke were used to determine the riser operability envelopes. The results show that the drilling envelope has an upconing shape and is limited by lower flex joint angle when the surface current speed is low (less than 1.0 m/s). In downstream direction, when the current speed increases, the rotation angle of the lower flex joint increases and the allowable maximum offset of the platform reduces, but in upstream direction, the conditions will be opposite. When surface current speed exceeds 1.0 m/s, the drilling envelope is limited by upper flex joint angle. When it is in upstream direction, the increase of current flow will increase the rotor angle of the upper flexible joint and reduce the drilling envelope rapidly. The non-drilling envelope and emergency disconnect sequence (EDS) actuation envelope are mainly subject to the maximal equivalent stress of the conductor and they will drift towards the upstream direction with the increase of current speed. In addition, through the analysis on influence factors of connection window operation of riser, the tensile force at the top could be increased and drilling fluid density could be reduced properly, so that the drilling envelope could be expanded. Key words: deepwater drilling, riser, drilling envelope, non-drilling envelope, EDS actuation envelop